Needlestick injuries: Causes, preventability and psychological impact

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 549-552

  Wicker, S ^a   Stirn, A V ^b   Rabenau, H F ^a   Von Gierke, L ^a   Wutzler, S ^a   Stephan, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Center for Integrative Psychiatry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; HIV; Needlestick injury; Occupational infection; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSURANCE; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84901688026     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0598-0     Document Type: Article

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